Garment hanger



J1me 1936- B. BELEFANT ET AL ,0 ,3

GARMENT HANGER Filed Feb. 26, 1935 INVENTORS fif/Vc/A/W/A/ 5505/34/10 f/ussi/A f/Asa/i/v.

ATTORNEYS.

ili'lE STATES GARMENT HANGER Benjamin Belefant and Hussein Hassan, New York, N. Y.

Application February 26, 1935, Serial No. 8,243

Claims.

This invention relates to improvements in garment hangers and more particularly to a combined coat and trousers hanger.

One of the main objects of the invention resides in a garment hanger in which the trousers support may be swung to a position beyond a coat supported upon the hanger to facilitate the easy removal or replacement of a trousers without disturbing the coat in its hung position upon the hanger.

Another feature of the invention is to provide a coat and trousers hanger by which the trousers may be gripped in a hung position to prevent accidental slipping of the same from the hanger, the trousers hanger section being pivoted to the coat hanger section, and held in clamping position and against accidental swinging movement by a releasable catch means between the coat hanger section and the trousers hanger section.

A further feature is the provision of a garment hanger having the above advantages which is simple and inexpensive of construction, and strong and durable to withstand the shocks to which such an article is subjected during general use.

With these and other objects in view, the invention resides in the certain novel construction, combination and arrangement of parts, the essential features of which are hereinafter fully described, are particularly pointed out in the appended claims, and are illustrated in the accompanying drawing, and in which:

Figure 1 is a perspective view of the improved garment hanger in use with a coat supported upon the coat hanger section and thetrousers hanger section extended with a trousers supported thereon.

Figure 2 is a side elevational view with the coat removed and the trousers section in gripping and locked position.

Figure 3 is a top plan view of the garment hanger per se with the trousers section extended.

Figure 4 is an enlarged fragmentary vertical sectional view on the line 44 of Figure 3 with the trousers section in locked position.

Figure 5 is a detail horizontal sectional view on the line 55 of Figure 4.

Figure 6 is a detail horizontal sectional view on the line 6-6 of Figure 4.

Figure 7 is a perspective view of a modified form of the invention.

Referring to the drawing by reference characters, the numeral 10 designates the improved garment hanger in its entirety, and which in cludes a substantially inverted V-shaped coat hanger section II. The coat hanger section II comprises a pair of outwardly diverging arms .I2

and I3 joined together by a tenon joint It at their apex or meeting ends. The free end of the arm I2 is provided with an inwardly extending portion or enlargement l5 which may be formed integral with the said arm or a separate piece rigidly joined thereto. The lower end of the arm I 3 terminates in a fiat face 16 short of the plane of the free end of the arm l2 and pivotally supports a trousers hanger section designated in its entirety by the numeral H. The hanger includes the usual hook l8 rising from the apex portion of the coat hanger section by which the device may be hung upon a rod, hook or other supporting element. The hook I8 is preferably swivelly connected to the hanger to enable turning of the same relative thereto.

The trousers hanger section ll includes a pair of coacting clamping bars I 9 and 20. One end of the bar I9 is pivoted to the fiat face I6 of the arm I3 as at 2! whereas the other end of the same and one end of the bar 20 are pivotally connected as at 22. The inwardly facing sides of the bars l9 and 20 are cut away as at 23 and 24 respectively to provide spaced portions or jaws between which the legs of a trousers pass and are held by the gripping action therebetween. The inner faces of the cut away portions are lined with felt or other like soft friction material 25.

The pivoted end of the bar 20 clears the inwardly extending portion [5 but the adjacent end of the bar l9 extends beyond the end of the bar 20 and terminates in a beveled face 26 for abutting engagement with a similar beveled face 21 provided on the vertical wall of ahorizontally disposed recess 28 provided in the extension portion l5. The beveled end of the bar I9 is provided with a keeper recess 29 for receiving a latch bolt 30 slidably mounted in a recess 3| in the portion l5. A spring 32 is interposed between the inner end of the latch bolt and the end wall of the recess 3! to normally urge the latch bolt outwardly, and which outwardly extending movement is limited by engagement of a manipulating pin 33 engaging one end of a slot 34 in the portion l5. The pin 33 extends downwardly below the lower edge of the portion I5 and it is'by the manipulation of the pin that the latch bolt may be manually moved to a retracted position free of the keeper a trousers B may be hung upon recess 29. The outer end of the latch bolt is beveled as at 35 to snap into the keeper recess when the trousers hanger is swung to a closed position.

The free end of the lower bar 20 is beveled as at 36 for abutting engagement with a similar beveled face 31 provided on the bar l9. The coacting beveled faces 36 and 31 serve to limit the swinging movement of the bar 20 to closed or clamping position and support the free end of the bar 20 with its load, thus relieving the strain upon the pivot 22.

By reference to Figure l of will be seen that with a coat A hung upon the coat hanger ll, there is no interference with the opening of the trousers hanger as the same may be swung to an extended position through the open front of the coat and clear of the same. In order to swing the trousers hanger to ex tended position, it is only necessary for an oper- 'ator to grasp the manipulating pin 33 and move the same toward the left, thus releasing the bolt 30 from the keeper recess 29. The bars [9 and 20 are now free to swing forwardly as a unit upon the pivot 21 and when swung clear of the coat A, the bar 20 may be swung rearwardly in extended relation with respect to the bar l9 as shown in Figure 1. When in this position, the bar 20 or removed therefrom without in any way distributing thecoat A in its hung position upon the hanger H. In the event that the trousers B are being placed upon the arm 29 for hanging, the arm 20 is swung rearwardly to closed position in alinement with the bar l9 and the two bars swung as a unit to their final position bridging the free ends of the arms I? and I3 of the coat hanger section ii, and in which position the bar I9 is locked against swinging movement by reason of the bolt 30 entering the keeper recess 29. When the two bars l9 and 29 are swung to aclosed position, they grip the trousers therebetween and hold the trousers against accidental slipping.

InFigure '7 there is shown a slight modification of the means for securing the trousers hanger section in closed position. In this form, the inwardly extending portion 15 is provided with akeeper recess 38 whichopens onto the front of the portion .15 through a restricted entrance or mouth 39, the lower wall ,of which is beveled in a forward direction as at 40 to cause the pin 4| extending from the bar 19 to ride into the keeper recess when the trousers hanger is swung :to a closed position. To swing the trousers hang- .er to open position, the pin 41 must be lifted from the bottom of the keeper recess 38 where it is seated, and which vertical movement is slight and facilitated by the play in the pivotal connection of the trousers hanger with the coat hanger section. This lifting of the pin is necessary so that the same may pass through the restricted entrance 39. This catch means is the equivalent to the spring actuated bolt 39 and keeper recess 29 shown anddescribed in the preceding form of the invention. The garment hanger herein set forth will not only be found convenient for home use, but will also be useful in clothing establishments wherein stock clothing may be hung on racks for display and try on purposes by prospective purchasers. The novel the drawing, it

..claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent is:

l. A garment hanger comprising a coat hanger section having outwardly diverging arms, a trousers hanger section pivoted to the outer end of one of said arms, said trousers hanger section including a pair of. pivotally connected bars between which a trousers are adapted to be supported, and catch means between one of said bars and the outer end of the other of saidarms for securing said trousers hanger section in closed position.

2. A garment hanger comprising a coat hanger section of substantially V-shape, a trousers hanger section including a pair of pivotally connected bars between which a pair of trousers are adapted to be supported, one of said bars being pivotally connectedto one of the free ends ofsaid hanger section, the other of said bars being swingable section having outwardly diverging arms, a trousers hanger including an upper bar pivoted to the free end of one of said arms and adapted to swing to a'closed position to bridge said arms, ,a lower bar pivoted to the free end of said upper bar for swinging movement to a position in vertical alinement therewith or to an extended position beyond one end thereof, stop means for limiting the closing movement of said lower bar, and releasable catch means for securing the trousers hanger section in closed position.

4. A garment hanger comprisinga coat hanger section having. outwardly diverging arms, a trousers hanger section pivoted to the outer end of one of said arms {and having a keeper recess in the free end thereof, and a releasable spring actuated latch bolt mounted in the outer end of the other of said arms for reception in said keeper recess when said trousers hanger section is in closedposition.

5. A garment hanger comprising a coat hanger section having outwardly diverging arms, a trousers hanger section pivoted to the outer end of one of said arms and swingable toa .closed position between said-arms,the outerend of the other of said arms having a keeper recess thereinpro vided with a restricted entrance, and a pin, ex,- tending from the free endof said trousers hanger section for passage through said restricted entrance and for seating. in said recess when the trousers hanger, is in closed position.

' BENJAMI-N BELEFANT.

I-IUSSEIN I-IASSAN. 

